Manufacture of overalls



(No Model.)

C. ERLANGER.

MANUFAGTURE OF OVERALLS.

No. 423,139. Patented Mar. l1, 18901.

N. PETERS, Fhalo-Liwgrnphan Washington. DI C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ERLANGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MANUFACTU RE OF OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,139, dated March11, 1890.

Application filed January l5, 1890. Serial No. 336,991. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ERLANGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in the Art of Tailoring, of which the following is aspecification. l

My invention relates to the art of tailoring; and it consists in theformation of certain blanks adapted to the construction of a specialpeculiar garment, the several pieces being cut out from .a web of fabricin such manner that there will be no Waste of material, as hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the drawings, and specifically set forthin the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference point out similar parts on each figure, Figure l represents apiece of fabric, showing blanks laid out in dotted lines of requiredshape and relative size. Fig. 2 is a like view showing a modified formfor relatively shaping the principal members of the garment.

This invention has special reference to formation of blanks necessary toconstructoveralls of the character described in a companion case iiledJanuary 15, 1890, Serial No. 336,990. As will be seen, the main featureshown therein consists in constructing the vthe knee of double fabric ortwo layers of cloth. The present application relates to shaping theseveral blanks necessary to construct such garments. The generalcommercial width of duck, drilling, or other fabric of which sucharticles are made is thirty inches. The accompanying figures are showndrawn on a scale of one inch to a foot of material of such width.

I will first describe the diagram shown in Fig. 1. A A represent theshape of a blank for each side of a pair of overalls, each 0ppositeblank being alike in shape and dimension. In practice the opposite edgesa; y are brought together by folding over the cloth laterally andconnected by au inseam, which, in connection with the portion of thelength of the re-enforce B, compose leg-sections from ze' down tofoot-line afi.

B represents what l denominate fortii'yformed by dividing thepreviously-integral sections at the line 2, Fig. l, although simi larblanks A A can be formed in reverse position, as shown in Fig. 2,wherein the Waistband-lines a a' are shown at opposite extremities, andthe footliues a2 appear adjacent to each other, as at 3, Fig. 2, theintermediate gore-piece being in that case cut away to give saidfoot-lines necessary incline.

As the re-enforce B in practice in part overlaps the front leg-sectiondownwardly when cut out in the manner `shown in Fig. l, and upwardlywhen cut out in the manner shown in Fig. 2, it is manifest that it isrequisite to employ two of such pieces upon each garment. Thereforeblanks B, coming from two lengths of cloth, must be appropriated to onepair of overalls. In this case, as such blanks are practicallyparallelograms, they can readily be supplied from other lengths of thefabric without waste.

It will be observed that the perimeters of the blanks A A', Figs. l and2, are the same, with the exception that in one instance the re-enforceB is cut away from the Waist downwardly, while in the other it is cutaway vertically from the footnline upwardly, but in either constructionadapted and intended to overlap or be overlapped by the length of fabricremaining on and composing part of blanks A A', from which the legs andbody of the overalls are constructed.

In Fig. l I have shown on the cloth outlying the main blanks severalsmaller blanks necessary to complete the garment and the preferreddiagrammatic viewthereof; butsuch special arrangement may be varied andbe within the scope and purview of my invention.

In Fig. 2 the outlying cloth is shown blank for being cut into pieces ofsuitable size and shape, as those shown in Fig. l. These detail blanksrepresent: C, the waistband; o, the risers; D, the pockets; E, thecrotch-piece.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-m IOO The improvement in theart of shaping blanks for making overalls, which consists in diagraminatically delineating upon fabric the perimeter of two oppositesections, each to compose respective sides of the garment, then markingupon said sections a re-enforce B, one-half of vwhich being upon eachsection, and then cutting the fabric, following the diagram thereupon,whereby opposite main blank-sections are produced having bodily cut out1o therefrom a longitudinal blank re-enforce piece, as and for thepurpose intended, substantially as described.

